Re: Install i386 or amd64?

[Jason Mitchell <jmitchel%bigjar.com@localhost>]

Brett,

Makes sense. Maybe I did over-react. But Thor's virtual girlfriend comment 
pushed me over the edge so I'm taking a break from NetBSD and replies from 
NetBSD.org will bounce.

Thanks,

Jason M.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 31, 2014, at 2:06 AM, Brett Lymn <blymn%internode.on.net@localhost> 
> wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 09:44:20PM -0500, jmitchel%bigjar.com@localhost 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I implied nothing of the sort. I asked a question (read my original post):
>> 
>>> Not to advocate i386 over amd64, but doesn't NetBSD/i386 support PAE and
>>> thus can access >2GB of RAM?
> 
> Roght. Which is, in itself, rather vague.  I was trying to clarify that.
> 
>> I was hoping that someone would provide helpful information about PAE
>> support in i386. What I got was cryptic and would have required that I
>> spend a fair amount of time reading about PAE to actually understand it.
> 
> Or you could have asked for a better explanation.  What I wrote was a
> genuine attempt by me to provide some further information about the
> limitations of PAE.
> 
>> Usually people here are helpful. You were dismissive and rude.
> 
> That was not intentional.
> 
>> I apologize
>> for responding in kind, but this was the first time I was ever unhappy
>> that I posted to a NetBSD mailing list.
> 
> Right, now here is a trick - unless someone is outright abusing you,
> just assume that they are trying to help and if you find something too
> cryptic then just ask for clarification.
> 
> -- 
> Brett Lymn
> Staple Guns: because duct tape doesn't make that KerCHUNK sound - xkcd.com